Combined car-replacer and wheel-shoe.



- Patented Aug; 27, -|9.0l. I J. JUNES. COMBINED CAB BEPLAGEB AND'WHEEL SHOE.

(Application filed Apr. 80, 1901.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES Application filed April 20, 1901.

To wZZ whom it may concern.- 1 Be it known that I, JAKE JONES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the county of Daviess and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Im- 1 provements in a Combined Oar-Replacer and Wheel-Shoe; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,- such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and ;use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,'and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Myinvention relates to railroad appliances, and has for its object the production of a combined car replacer and wheel-shoeby which derailed cars may be readily rerailed with the minimum loss of time and expenditure of labor and by which also broken or otherwise-disabled wheels may be speedily equipped with shoes or runners, thereby permitting movement of the car on the rails without liability of further injury or accident. I r i The nature of myinvention will be readily comprehended, reference being had to the following detailed description and to the accompanying drawings, in which- 131 Figure 1 is a perspective view of a combined replacer and shoe embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view on line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a View showing the appliance in use as a car-replacer. Fig. 5 is a, view showing the appliance in use as a wheel shoe or runner. i 1 Referringtothe drawings by letter, A de- 1 notes the combined replacer and shoe, which consists of a body portion a, longitudinally gcurved to conform to the curvature of a locomotive or car wheel periphery. At each end of the body is a hole a. The outer convex surface of the body is smooth, and the inner concave side is provided with transverse ribs a a Extending from the outer surface is a vertical flange a From the inner surface extends two flanges, one of which, a projects slightly above the line of the ribs a i and the other of which, 0. is at the opposite side of the body and projects above the line of the flange a These flanges a a are pro- JAKE JONES, OF WASHINGTON, INDIANA.

COMBINED CAR-REPLACER AND WHEEL-SHOE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 681,228, dated August 27, 1901. 7

Serial No. 56,679. (No model.)

vided centrally with sharpened projections or spikes a Adjacent to the flange a is a depression or channel aflextending the length of the body.

When the appliance is to be employed to replace derailed cars, it is positioned,as shown in Fig. 4, with the flange a uppermost. The device is driven to cause the spikes to enter the tie to hold it firmly, and the difference in height of the flanges a a gives the outer convex surface a transverse slope toward the rail. A device is positioned against each rail and in practice the car-wheels ride on the double inclined surfaces of the devices and are directed to the rails and brought into engage ment therewith. I

In the case of a broken wheel or a sprung axle, which prevents the wheels from revolving without running-off the rail, two devices are employed as shoes or-runners for the disabled wheels. The devices are inverted to bring the convex side lowermost, and the wheels or truck being jacked up or otherwise raised the devices are positioned to bring the wheel-flanges into engagement with the depressions or channels a and the wheel-tread into engagement with the ribs 0. The flanges a and a flank the Wheel, and the ribs cooperate to prevent disconnection. Chains b I) lead from theholes a a to the truck or to the carbody to secure the devices to the wheels.

With the devices applied the wheels are prevented from revolving, the devices whichlrest on the rails acting as runners. The flanges a engage the side of the rail and keep the devices, and consequently the wheels, on the rails. i

The combined replacer and shoe being in a single piece may be inexpensively made and is durable.

In use the device is very efficient and reliable and may be applied without the exercise of special skill.

I claim as my invention-- 1. A combined car-replacer and wheel-shoe consisting of a body having a flanged convex side, and a flanged concave side provided with ribs engaging the wheel-tread and with a groove for the wheel-flange.

2. A combined car-replacer and wheel-shoe consisting of a body one side of which is con 'vexandis provided withalongitudinalflange, shoe atopposite ends with the truck or carm and the other side of which is concave and body.

is provided with longitudinal flanges of dif- In testimony whereof I affix my signature ferent heights. in presence of two Witnesses.

5 3. A car-wheel shoe having an outer tread- JAKE JONES surface flanged to engage the rail, and hav- I ing an inner surface conforming to the Wheel Witnessesi tread and flange, flanges at the inner surface JOHN DOSG'H, to flank the wheel, and chains connecting the JOHN DOWNEY. 

